Nicolas Lepine
American Tchoukball

Traditional Tchoukball uses specialized rebounders. They aren't particularly difficult to find, and they aren't necessarily prohibitively expensive, but they aren't exactly standard equipment in most American school gyms. Basketball hoops, on the other hand? Those are everywhere.

American Tchoukball
Nicolas Lepine
Influence Without Ownership

There is a famous Montessori quote, “The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.’”

Influence Without Ownership
Nicolas Lepine
The Evolution of Wall Ball Equipment and Simple ...

If you found this interesting, here is a link to a lesson plan that will show you how to play three different variations of the same wall ball style game. Each variation will use slightly different equipement resembling some of the sports mentioned above, so histroical connections can easily be made if they are studying those countries in class. What could be even more interesting is the science connection to simple machines, specifically levers. As the students increase their lever arm using different equipment, so they will experience the changes in velocity, which impacts strategy and timing. All these possible connection points make this a super versatile lesson.

The Evolution of Wall Ball Equipment and Simple Machines
Nicolas Lepine
Part 3: The Multi-Sport Dividend (What We Can ...

Every single year, Tracking Football analyzes the high school athletic backgrounds of players drafted into the NFL. The results are staggeringly consistent: between 85% and 90% of all NFL draft picks were multi-sport athletes in high school.

Part 3: The Multi-Sport Dividend (What We Can Learn From Farmers)
Nicolas Lepine
Rescuing Youth Sports in the U.S. Part 2: The ...

Data from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine show that youth sports specialization is the number-one predictor of overuse injuries. In fact, studies show that kids who specialize in a single sport early in life are 70% to 93% more likely to suffer an overuse injury than their multi-sport peers.

Rescuing Youth Sports in the U.S. Part 2: The Specialization Tax

Self Care Needs to Include Care For Others

Self Care Needs to Include Care For Others

Maria Montessori had a beautiful expression for this idea. She used the term Grace and Courtesy. Grace is the individual being in harmony with oneself, which sounds a whole lot like the goal of self-care. Courtesy is being in harmony everyone else. Courtesy is what we need to extend to everyone else so that they may find their grace, because it’s hard to be in harmony when the environment is not.